"Potash" is a word in ENGLISH
The hydroxide of potassium hydrate, a hard white brittle
substance, KOH, having strong caustic and alkaline properties; -- hence
called also caustic potash.
The impure potassium carbonate obtained by leaching wood
ashes, either as a strong solution (lye), or as a white crystalline
(pearlash).
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A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium.
Read the complete definitionA mineral relating to the zeolites, usually occurring in square prisms or octahedrons with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. …
Read the complete definitionA combination of auric acid with a base; as, aurate or potassium.
Read the complete definitionA salt containing two parts of chromic acid to one of the other ingredients; as, potassium bichromate; -- called also …
Read the complete definitionTo combine or treat with a bichromate, esp. with bichromate of potassium; as, bichromatized gelatine.
Read the complete definitionA compound of carbon and oxygen, as carbonyl, with some element or radical; as, potassium carboxide.
Read the complete definitionA hydrous chloride of potassium and magnesium, sometimes found associated with deposits of rock salt.
Read the complete definitionA salt of chloric acid; as, chlorate of potassium.
Read the complete definitionA colored photographic picture taken upon paper made sensitive with potassium bichromate or some other salt of chromium.
Read the complete definitionA comparatively rare element occurring most abundantly in the mineral chromite. Atomic weight 52.5. Symbol Cr. When isolated it is …
Read the complete definitionAny compound of ethyl of a binary type; as, potassium ethide.
Read the complete definitionA compound derived from ethyl alcohol by the replacement of the hydroxyl hydrogen, after the manner of a hydrate; an …
Read the complete definitionA yellow or greenish yellow gas, first prepared by Davy, evolved from potassium chlorate and hydrochloric acid. It is supposed …
Read the complete definitionA soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware, and …
Read the complete definitionAn aqueous solution of arsenite of potassium, of such strength that one hundred parts represent one part of arsenious acid, …
Read the complete definitionAn explosive mixture, consisting of sawdust, charcoal, niter, and ferrocyanide of potassium, used as a substitute for gunpowder.
Read the complete definitionLiver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown color, sometimes used in medicine. It is formed by fusing sulphur with …
Read the complete definitionOne of a series of compounds, derived from hydrogen sulphide by the replacement of half its hydrogen by a base …
Read the complete definitionA binary compound of iodine, or one which may be regarded as binary; as, potassium iodide.
Read the complete definitionSalts of potassium used in the manufacture of fertilizers.
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